Citizens of Another Kingdom

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Citizens of Another Kingdom
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Citizens of Another Kingdom
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Citizens of Another Kingdom
"We are not concerned when men put us to death.
Death is a debt we must all pay anyway"
Justin Martyr 150-160 A.D.
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Citizens of Another Kingdom
Jesus' Final Lessons Unconditional Love - Jn
1334-35 Obedient Trust - Jn 141, 21
Separation from the World - Jn 1518-19
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Unconditional Love
"We who used to value the acquisition of wealth
and possessions more than anything else now (we)
bring what we have into a common fund and share
it with anyone who needs it. We used to hate and
destroy one another and refused to associate with
people of another race or country. Now, because
of Christ, we live together with such people and
pray for our enemies"
Justin Martyr
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Unconditional Love
"He impoverishes himself out of love, so that he
is certain he may never overlook a brother in
need, especially if he knows he can bear poverty
better than his brother. And if he suffers
hardship because of having given out of his own
poverty, he does not complain" Clement
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Unconditional Love
"God has decreed that we should hate no one so
we comfort our enemies by reminding them of our
mutual relationship. For if we have been given
life by the same God, what else are we but
brothers?" Lactantius "We love one
another with a mutual love because we do not know
how to hate" anonymous
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Obedient Trust
"A person who does not do what God has commanded
shows he really does not believe in God"

Clement "We do not speak great things - we live
them" Anonymous
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Obedient Trust
"That many of us are called poor, this is not our
disgrace, but our glory. As our mind is relaxed
by luxury it is strengthened by poverty. Yet who
can be poor if he does not long for anything? He
is rich towards God. He rather is poor, who,
although he has much, desires more."
Felix
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Obedient Trust
"God is greater than all our perceptions - He is
infinite, immense. Anyone who thinks he knows
the magnitude of God, diminishes His greatness "

Felix "When God gives the Tempter permission to
persecute us, we suffer persecution. We trust in
the protection of the One who said, 'Be of good
cheer, for I have overcome the world.' And truly
He has overcome the world" Origen
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Separation from the World
"They dwell in their own countries simply as
sojourners"
Unknown Roman "See many of you
are in want, are cold, are hungry yet your god
allows it. He is either weak or unjust take
notice!" Roman Historian "I have so
why shouldn't I give to those in need it is
monstrous for one person to live in luxury while
many are in want" Clement
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Separation from the World
"Luxurious clothing that cannot conceal the shape
of the body is no clothing at all such clothing
is meant for looking not covering"
Clement
"How can it be right to look at things that are
wrong to do? How can those things that defile a
man when they go out of his mouth not defile him
when they go through his eyes and ears"
Tertullian
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Conclusion
"They rejected the worlds' entertainment, honors
and riches. They were already citizens of
another kingdom and they listened to the voice of
a different Master."
David Bercot
"Will the Real
Heretic Please Stand Up"